quote:.....and Indian food.quote:Holy Crap! I've ridden on those elephant safaris before and didn't think much about it. I backpacked through the jungle on the Nepal India border once and that is effin' scary. Between tigers rinos, wild elephants and cobras no one should ever live there.quote:Big pile of NOPE right there!
Not Africa, but this shows you how quickly a jungle cat can attack you:
Some guy plans to travel Africa in modded Jeep
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Tony just wanted some finger sandwiches.
Big cats are awesome.
I think today is the first time I've looked at this thread and a new reply hasn't been posted within the last hour. Wonder what the reply count will end up being here when it's all over?
Either he's dead or he took everyone's advice & scrubbed his trip without telling anyone.
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Is he dead yet?
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Is he dead yet?
Don't know if this FB video will load...
Just compared West Africa to MEXICO!!!
https://www.facebook.com/FiatChrysler.NorthAmerica/videos/10154292889109485/
It's almost funny... He says his miles in the Jeep so far are almost all highway, very little off road. His route is still in flux as he hears from others in Africa... In Fiat-Chrysler's FB post about the video they say he's going on an 8,000 mile journey around Africa. The continent has nearly 16,000 miles of coastline per Wiki
Just compared West Africa to MEXICO!!!
https://www.facebook.com/FiatChrysler.NorthAmerica/videos/10154292889109485/
It's almost funny... He says his miles in the Jeep so far are almost all highway, very little off road. His route is still in flux as he hears from others in Africa... In Fiat-Chrysler's FB post about the video they say he's going on an 8,000 mile journey around Africa. The continent has nearly 16,000 miles of coastline per Wiki
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great movie.
Starting in the Sahara desert in June was a strong move. Show Africa who is boss from the get go.
Every time this thread gets bumped I click on it just assuming he is dead.
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Starting in the Sahara desert in June was a strong move. Show Africa who is boss from the get go.
before even getting into the awful plan, the thing i first notices was it took him 22 months to do his 50k mile journey through the americas. he is guestimating this journey to be 80k miles, and budgeted himself and extra 2 months... based on the speed that couple did through the DRC (39 days to travel 3,000 km) it should take him about 4.5 years assuming he is close onthe distance and he can do the same average speed as them. and they didn't cross any borders.... just another point of probably failure in his "plan" to add to the pile
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Starting in the Sahara desert in June was a strong move. Show Africa who is boss from the get go.
The rainy season is just starting, too. Should make for lots of fun in west Africa.
Is he more likely to be eaten by an animal or fellow humanoid?
Depends where he's at. After watching that Liberia documentary I'd say likely eaten by a human if he makes it into that country.
I love that he was lost in France because his GPS acted up. I can't wait to see what happens in Africa where I'm sure the maps are amazing...
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I love that he was lost in France because his GPS acted up. I can't wait to see what happens in Africa where I'm sure the maps are amazing...
He'll be fine. He can just open up Apple Maps and ask Siri which way he should go.
I'll admit, the first time I drove into France I was confused as hell too, compared to Germany. I'm pretty sure I drove straight into little baghdad though. I was too cheap to buy Euro GPS maps. I can't imagine circumnavigating Africa on good intentions.
I'm sure the seven eleven in Algeria will have a great, completely updated GPS unit for the entire continent of Africa.
It looks like he posted this yesterday.
I like the map on the hood with his route. I am sure that will come in handy when they run after him with machetes.
He must have read the adventure of the Congo couple because he has a shovel and thirteen extra gallons of gasoline.
I like the map on the hood with his route. I am sure that will come in handy when they run after him with machetes.
He must have read the adventure of the Congo couple because he has a shovel and thirteen extra gallons of gasoline.
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gasoline.
Still c/ effing lol
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I'll admit, the first time I drove into France I was confused as hell too, compared to Germany.
It's not just you. The last two times Germans went on a trip to France, they got lost and ended up in Belgium.
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I'll admit, the first time I drove into France I was confused as hell too, compared to Germany.
It's not just you. The last two times Germans went on a trip to France, they got lost and ended up in Belgium.
Costly wrong turn that took them to Liege.
#historicalhumor
That's so the friendly local ISIS tour guides have a rough heads up of his intended tour.
Seriously, if I'm ISIS I'm practically salivating for this bozo to show up.
Seriously, if I'm ISIS I'm practically salivating for this bozo to show up.
He has border crossings covered. One look at the Yukon plates and he will be free to go.
Although it's hard, I'm trying not to get too excited about following this guy's trek. The consensus is that he will not complete the journey with a high probability of not leaving that continent alive. Given that, I'm afraid his blog will just stop one day, leaving everyone hanging, only to speculate his demise.
I expect it to be similar to reading a good book and right when it gets to the part that keeps you on the edge of your seat, throwing the book in a fire and never catching the end of the story.
I expect it to be similar to reading a good book and right when it gets to the part that keeps you on the edge of your seat, throwing the book in a fire and never catching the end of the story.
It'll be like Timothy Treadwell, except we likely never find the last video or bodies.
He doesnt have enough cash to make it through one country. He thinks he can get by on credit. We will get some bs reason why he had to return home after a few weeks
Or he'll end up in an orange jumpsuit on YouTube.
At 1:10 (: "Maybe I'll try to earn some money along the way. Maybe I'll cut the trip short. Maybe I'll just go into debt a little bit just to finish the trip. Probably I'll have to do all three."
So his current thinking is to earn money by doing odd jobs in Africa. He is already giving himself an out to leave early. And he plans to do odd jobs, leave early, AND go into debt to finish the trip?
Just so that I am clear...An Australian plans to drive a U.S. made Italian gasoline SUV that is registered in Canada around the perimeter of Africa without any money. And he will cook most of his meals himself but will eat out sometimes to get an idea of the local cuisine (without getting sick)?
Oh, he is indeed gong to do some odd jobs before this is over. That part is correct, especially if he gets remotely close to Somalia.
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Oh, he is indeed gong to do some odd jobs before this is over. That part is correct, especially if he gets remotely close to Somalia.
Maricon?
(emoticon also telling)
Deciding to cut your trip short because the credit (in a cash only society) ran out doesn't do you one bit of good when you're months (assuming he makes it that long) from any real civilization. So he manages to somehow not die and hides out in Nigeria and sets up a GoFundMe while hiding in an embassy? I could be wrong, but the local port probably doesn't take PayPal...
The longer he is an England, the less likely I think it is that this whole thing happens at all
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